Show fined for mine jumping today before commissioner Commissi onor aurrell Nu rrell three wen men irom morgan county were tried for jumping a mine by taking posses bim nn of what is known as the general graut grant luneel the complaint was made by ex postmaster john F T lynch who alleges that peter Poul soll fl niels P thomson thomsen aej john in the county of morgan utah did unlawfully interfere with the jorwa and manufacturing company by taking possession of tae mining property of the company and preventing its agents from working the same I 1 ane property in dispute is located in mill creek mining district hard scrabble rabble st cation twelve miles above morgan city the arrests were made by deputy Mar marahan pratt who left toi cuy city on monday morning proceeding caede to morgan city by rail from there he e keut by and on foot up mill fork folk tu to where the men were working the mine in dispute he had quite au all experience in getting through brough tae snow which was about four feet de deep ep on an the level and was drifted in places while the weather was biL bitterly terly cold on arriving within about fifty feet of tue toe mine mr pra was halted by the men but on informing them who he was waa they quietly submitted to the arrest all the parties remained in ia the tunnel until 2 yesterday ra orning when they started down one of the defendants almost froze to death alth before he gotto morgan from w which Q iati p place I 1 act they came to this city by rail I 1 B A M froiseth was the first witness called a the trial before corn com missioner mias loner norrell today he testified to the ownership of the mine by the company of which he be was secretary and manager on december it was placed ir in the hands bands of two men Mi mikaell keell abd aad carter under contract to one of the d fend ants mr Pon lsen was a stockholder in the company the dirt directors actors john T lynch president J R mcbride vice president B A M Fr secretary and manager W W rivers treasurer F G lyngberg Lyn goerg wm wai H hooper and J C harvey mi essers mikesell and carter cartei testified that they were employed on dec leih to drive the tunnel iu in 50 feet we left the me bounel on toe atter of jar 1st ast ard and the nex next morning were told that poulson and thomson had jumped the tunnel we went up and found them there they said they would allow allo w no on one there ethere but bat an officer mr Ch next went up monday morning and started to work with t the h others one of the parties had a pistol in his overcoat pocket they did not interfere nor prevent the taking lakia out of our bools fred kin kingston ston testified that on OB the mornine of jan he saw mikesell Mikea ell and carter in possession of the mine under a contract with mr froiseth Froia eth mr poulsen testified that the mine had bad not been worked for two wears and was subject to relocation under the law under these circumstances he went and relocated the mine took possession at 12 at night jan I 1 owned shares in the norway company I 1 was not present at the last election of officers knew work was being done on we tae mine on dec mr C hrit ebley test testified ifield that he be had bad been hired to wort the mine by mr poulsen Fou lsen he lives at west porterville he told mikesell he had bad possession but bat did not say he would allow no one there but an officer the discharged mr critchley and lined fined poulsen paulsen and Tho thomson insen 50 each in default of which they were ordered into custody the defendants gave notice of an appeal eal and ivere were required aired to give bon bonds s flu in the suni sum of each |